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Windows 7: Anti-virus software not keeping up

I seem to have developed a problem with viruses/malware which will not go away. It started about five days ago when I used my laptop on a wi-fi network in a hotel. I know that this is always a risk, but I thought I was protected with Avast and SuperAntiSpyware installed as this combination has kept me virus-free for the last two years. Within 24 hours I noticed that my machine was running increasingly slowly, and I noticed that Avast had been turned off and would not turn on again. I attempted to do a system restore, only to find that all the recovery points had been deleted. It took me a couple of days to sort this, but SuperAntiSpyware still ran and detected a variety of threats, including about three trojans. I then managed to install Anti-malwarebytes, which detected and quarantined over 2000 threats. Somewhere during this process Avast was reactivated, so I ran a scan with that which also identified a number of threats. A lot of these seem to be browser hijackers, such as Conduit even though I have not noticed my any sign of this on my browser (which is usually Chrome).

The trouble is that each time I think I am clear, I find something not right - usually Avast being deactivated again and not responding to attempts to reactivate. Each time I run a scan with Anti-malwarebytes or SuperAntiSpyware, which I currently do at least a couple of times a day, more threats seem to be detected. I really do not understand what has suddenly gone wrong, unless a whole new set of viruses/malware have just been released which the protection is unable to keep up with. Can anyone suggest what I should do next to try and secure my system? I am running Windows 7 on a Toshiba laptop.

YOu might also want to check out (at bleepingcomputer) the programs, Rkill and/or RogueKiller....

They will terminate unknow (usually hostile) processes en masse, and at least potentially identify and/or put a possible location and maybe a file/app name on this malware generating scheme occurring....

(FYI, SAS always finds 30-45 tracking cookies every few days of routine computer use, so, don't let those notifications alone be much cause for alarm...)

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